Composer of the well-known South Boston tune -
Southie Is My Home Town.
Benjamin died in a Boston Hospital
after a long illness.
Born and raised in South Boston, Bennie
Drohan spent his life in show business,
beginning with local minstrel shows, and
moving into vaudeville and musical comedy.
On October 28, the same year, his beloved
wife also died in a Boston Hospital after
a prolonged illness. Bennie Drohan pre-
formed for several decades with his wife,
Margaret McCarthy Drohan, whose stage
name was Marty Dupree. The couple
starred in vaudeville shows on the Loews
and Keith circuit and headed a tabloid show
that featured two dozen performers.
During WW II Bennie and Marty danced,
performed and sang "Southie" for the USO
in the front lines of battle. They performed
for servicemen in Belgium during the
Battle of the Bulge and in England during
the Blitz. In Korea, the couple gladdened
the hearts of homesick GI's with "Southie".
Bennie was a frequent singer and performer
at political rallies for James Michael Curley,
late Mayor of Boston and governor of
Massachusetts. In his later years he was
an assistant public relations director at
Rockingham Park in New Hampshire,
where he arranged and performed in
several charity shows. He was a constant
member of the L Street Brownies.
A requiem Mass was sung April and October
in St. Gregory's Church, Dorchester.
Burial was in St. Mary's Cemetery,
Dorchester, Mass.
Southie Is My Home Town.
Benjamin died in a Boston Hospital
after a long illness.
Born and raised in South Boston, Bennie
Drohan spent his life in show business,
beginning with local minstrel shows, and
moving into vaudeville and musical comedy.
On October 28, the same year, his beloved
wife also died in a Boston Hospital after
a prolonged illness. Bennie Drohan pre-
formed for several decades with his wife,
Margaret McCarthy Drohan, whose stage
name was Marty Dupree. The couple
starred in vaudeville shows on the Loews
and Keith circuit and headed a tabloid show
that featured two dozen performers.
During WW II Bennie and Marty danced,
performed and sang "Southie" for the USO
in the front lines of battle. They performed
for servicemen in Belgium during the
Battle of the Bulge and in England during
the Blitz. In Korea, the couple gladdened
the hearts of homesick GI's with "Southie".
Bennie was a frequent singer and performer
at political rallies for James Michael Curley,
late Mayor of Boston and governor of
Massachusetts. In his later years he was
an assistant public relations director at
Rockingham Park in New Hampshire,
where he arranged and performed in
several charity shows. He was a constant
member of the L Street Brownies.
A requiem Mass was sung April and October
in St. Gregory's Church, Dorchester.
Burial was in St. Mary's Cemetery,
Dorchester, Mass.
Composer of the well-known South Boston tune -
Southie Is My Home Town.
Benjamin died in a Boston Hospital
after a long illness.
Born and raised in South Boston, Bennie
Drohan spent his life in show business,
beginning with local minstrel shows, and
moving into vaudeville and musical comedy.
On October 28, the same year, his beloved
wife also died in a Boston Hospital after
a prolonged illness. Bennie Drohan pre-
formed for several decades with his wife,
Margaret McCarthy Drohan, whose stage
name was Marty Dupree. The couple
starred in vaudeville shows on the Loews
and Keith circuit and headed a tabloid show
that featured two dozen performers.
During WW II Bennie and Marty danced,
performed and sang "Southie" for the USO
in the front lines of battle. They performed
for servicemen in Belgium during the
Battle of the Bulge and in England during
the Blitz. In Korea, the couple gladdened
the hearts of homesick GI's with "Southie".
Bennie was a frequent singer and performer
at political rallies for James Michael Curley,
late Mayor of Boston and governor of
Massachusetts. In his later years he was
an assistant public relations director at
Rockingham Park in New Hampshire,
where he arranged and performed in
several charity shows. He was a constant
member of the L Street Brownies.
A requiem Mass was sung April and October
in St. Gregory's Church, Dorchester.
Burial was in St. Mary's Cemetery,
Dorchester, Mass.
Southie Is My Home Town.
Benjamin died in a Boston Hospital
after a long illness.
Born and raised in South Boston, Bennie
Drohan spent his life in show business,
beginning with local minstrel shows, and
moving into vaudeville and musical comedy.
On October 28, the same year, his beloved
wife also died in a Boston Hospital after
a prolonged illness. Bennie Drohan pre-
formed for several decades with his wife,
Margaret McCarthy Drohan, whose stage
name was Marty Dupree. The couple
starred in vaudeville shows on the Loews
and Keith circuit and headed a tabloid show
that featured two dozen performers.
During WW II Bennie and Marty danced,
performed and sang "Southie" for the USO
in the front lines of battle. They performed
for servicemen in Belgium during the
Battle of the Bulge and in England during
the Blitz. In Korea, the couple gladdened
the hearts of homesick GI's with "Southie".
Bennie was a frequent singer and performer
at political rallies for James Michael Curley,
late Mayor of Boston and governor of
Massachusetts. In his later years he was
an assistant public relations director at
Rockingham Park in New Hampshire,
where he arranged and performed in
several charity shows. He was a constant
member of the L Street Brownies.
A requiem Mass was sung April and October
in St. Gregory's Church, Dorchester.
Burial was in St. Mary's Cemetery,
Dorchester, Mass.
Inscription
1862 MATTHEW E. 1932
1903 JEAN 1937
ELEANOR HANLON
1906 - 1957
DROHAN
1894 BENJAMIN V. 1972
1896 MARGARET E. 1972
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